Acknowledgement

I owe special thanks to Arthur and Cleda Christensen and Laurence and Frieda Schrieber for information concerning the South Yamhill and McCabe Churches; to William and Barbara Roberts, Larry and Sharon Gilson and my brother John H. Bones and his wife Alice, and my nephew Wesley Bones and his wife Blanche for pictures; to my daughter Argyll, for helpful criticism to Ray Ziegler for encouragement to go ahead, and to my niece Helen Elston, for typing.

Dedication

To the memory of my kind, patient and understanding parents John Wesley and Susannah Farmer Bones, and my dear devoted husband William Thomas Crook, this book is lovingly dedicated.

Preface

My family and friends have been urging me to write the story of my life. I promised I would, but never got started. I was 80 years of age on April 30^th 1968 , and decided that if I am ever to write a book, it is time to begin.

I have never had any training in writing, but I have always talked a lot, so I shall write this in very simple words as if I were talking.

My purpose in writing this is two-fold: I would like to preserve some of our family history for my grandchildren and for future generations. The second purpose is to show the changes in the ways of living, customs, entertainment and transportation during my lifetime.

This is not hearsay, but facts that I experienced and remember.